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Show May Ea Closed To Car Traffic State Action Indefinnt Concerning; Con-cerning; Railroad Construct-tion Construct-tion on New Line; OJd Row Opens Again. Cleans of the Sa linn' canyon hVjn-i way lo traffic looms as a result of construe' iod woi; slarirvl ly the lienver uiHl II iii Grande V item in improving in o 1 1 1 raiii iad grade in one of the tunnels of l.lie .gorge. . J. E. (.; an. di-itr'ct engineer for the j i.Ui'e ihif.hway depart me it telephoned; Ira H. Hi-owning. ch''ef orgineer, '"uesilay, advisin.? that the railroad had closed the road foir a period from 15 to SO days. What, if any, s- ers 'ould he .'.alien to reopen Ihe canvo'i Hi traffic dui'ing or .after this period appeared indefinite. For the time being it wjl prohahlv mean the cessa-. cessa-. lion; of vehicle traffic between Se-vvr Se-vvr ronniy a'l 1 the pa- t except as the IrrilT'e. u rO willed north through Mir Sail. L ike, ha-iii- (hence siy.il h agai l Jibe i -si i. rn v:dop of the W els' el-s' a I eh .range. In 1904 the m Broad utilized ai oil road ;;ra;lo for bu I lias a .projeet-linc .projeet-linc of raiirnad liiroii.h the canyon. l':ide.-, he la .v 'hei iilro.id w a ; then : oU'eed ID gir.mlv a road bed equality a1- pood in Ihe vears lhat to I us ed however ihe railioad first abandoned ccrta'ii eel ions of the old road bed a ad built tunnel;; and then suspended all work indefinitely. Kor years automobile au-tomobile traffic had used it he old lailroad. ? aiie until the railroad became be-came alarmed that it; r.i;-.hti might, be I rh pared and the portals of the tumuli were blasted to prevent further fur-ther use a a, a highway. After some, d spute the state highway- deiiartnieni and the raiiToad reached an unders'andinig whereby Hie" railroa'd woik which was to do certain road u'or'c which was hevei followed out. according ito hi ate 'noad on' Seme Question Jia?. now ar..sen as to ,v.athor there is an.-lia'eilitv an.-lia'eilitv on the pirt of the railroad to do the h'Tlr.vay improve.uirnt firimily no I cted. The state ha"; rianically all available funds bu-rl-t 'ed a id Sevier- county j-i utiliring practically all of its ava'lable fundi for other projects several thousand dollar? will be required to make the eld highway pa -'? to c?.l,-v As a -u.lt it s nn-vill- that this gateway gate-way to. the ea:- ma;- I emain closed for a. period. The (natter is heir 7 l iken up by Mr. Irown:.,t to determine what can be done. |